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RandySF

(57,661 posts)
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 09:59 AM Jun 2019

ME-SEN: Gideon announces she will challenge Collins in 2020

Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon announced Monday she will challenge Sen. Susan Collins in 2020.

Gideon, a four-term representative from Freeport, said she will run against Collins “because Mainers deserve a senator who will always put our state first.”

Gideon, 47, a Democrat, has flirted with the idea of a Senate run since last fall, when Collins faced enormous pressure over her vote to confirm U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Gideon is in her fourth and final term in the Maine House and has been speaker for the last two.

It was widely assumed that the House speaker – regarded as a top Democratic contender in the 2020 race – would wait until after the Legislature adjourned to announce a Senate bid.

Gideon has also led the charge during the legislative session on several bedrock Democratic issues – including expanding access to abortion and offering paid family leave – that could play well with many swing female voters in Maine.



https://www.pressherald.com/2019/06/24/gideon-announces-she-will-challenge-collins-in-2020/

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ME-SEN: Gideon announces she will challenge Collins in 2020 (Original Post) RandySF Jun 2019 OP
Not a Mainer, but sounds like good news pecosbob Jun 2019 #1
Fellow non-Mainer here... Wounded Bear Jun 2019 #2
Good. k&r n/t Laelth Jun 2019 #3
Best of luck to her NewJeffCT Jun 2019 #4

pecosbob

(7,511 posts)
1. Not a Mainer, but sounds like good news
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 10:11 AM
Jun 2019

if I ever see or hear of Susan Collins again it will be too soon.

NewJeffCT

(56,827 posts)
4. Best of luck to her
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 11:10 AM
Jun 2019

should be an interesting race since Collins' popularity seems to be tanking in Maine

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